Literacy foundation grants open
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting applications for grants to support literacy projects in schools and communities.
Kentucky Writing Project fall conference scheduled
The Kentucky Writing Project State Network will hold its Fall Conference on Schoolwide Literacy Sept. 12 at the University of Kentucky’s Hilary J. Boone Center in Lexington. The conference is open to educators in all grades and content areas. Participants will learn strategies for improving student achievement in literacy. Some sessions draw on the argument/opinion writing i3 College Ready Writing [...]
Literacy is alive in Oldham County’s summer camp
Incoming 1st -graders get intensive literacy intervention at Oldham County’s Camp Literacy Live.
Ky. Center arts-literacy academy deadline extended
The registration deadline for the Academy for the Integration of the Arts and Literacy, one of four arts academies and arts integration academies offered this summer by the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, has been extended. Teachers may now register through May 8 for the arts-literacy academy July 20-23 in Florence. The academy is open to teachers in grades [...]
Workshops combine technology, literacy
Teachers can learn how to better integrate technology with literacy instruction at the Kentucky Writing Project Summer Tech Academies this summer. The three-day professional development workshops will allow teachers to learn about websites, apps and tools that will streamline management as well as engage students in ways to use technology that enhance literacy learning. The schedule of workshops: June 9-11, [...]
Kentucky Reading Project application period open
The deadline for applications to the Kentucky Reading Project (KRP), a yearlong, graduate-level course focused on research-based literacy instruction, has been extended. Faculty members at each of the eight state universities provide instruction at various sites across the state on topics such as Senate Bill 1 (2009), the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, formative assessments and college- and career-readiness. Teachers in [...]
Webinar aims to ease challenge of reading standards
Based on independent research and results from more than 750,000 students, the most challenging reading standards for students have been identified. A free Education Week webinar from 2 to 3 p.m. ET on Oct. 29 will discuss practical instructional ideas to help teachers and administrators conquer the rigor needed to master these standards. The discussion will specifically relate to determining [...]
Free webinar targets literacy achievement gap
How can teachers ensure that all children, including millions affected by dyslexia, the most common type of reading disability, learn to read and write proficiently? To close the literacy achievement gap, support measures must be embedded in schools and include all stakeholders – administrators, teachers, parents and children. Educator and researcher Margie Gillis, president of Literacy How Inc., will share [...]
Bread Loaf Teacher Network to meet Nov. 1
Twice each year, the Kentucky Bread Loaf Teacher Network meets to discuss and plan innovative, student-led collaborative projects. The next meeting is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Lafayette High School, 401 Reed Lane, Lexington. For information, contact Christopher McCurry or visit http://www.middlebury.edu/blse/bltn. The Bread Loaf Teacher Network (BLTN) is a network of teachers educated at Bread [...]
Comics in class? Teachers at Let’s TALK conference learn to use graphic novels to get students reading
Teachers say graphic novels help engage and challenge readers of all levels, and also provide a natural transition to writing.